Raisin recipe collection

Old-fashioned hermit cookies spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, stuffed with raisins, dates, and walnuts. Soft and chewy from sour cream, topped with a whole walnut. A New England cookie jar staple.

Soft, cinnamon-spiced muffins made with real watermelon juice and pulp, studded with plump raisins. A unique breakfast bake that puts leftover summer watermelon to brilliant use.

One big single-serve oatmeal peanut butter cookie made with no flour, no eggs, and no butter. A Weight Watcher friendly treat with oats, raisins, and cinnamon that satisfies the craving.

Traditional Ukrainian kutia made with slow-cooked wheat berries, ground poppy seeds, honey, walnuts, and raisins. The first dish of the 12-course Sviata Vechera Christmas Eve supper.

A fragrant bread machine loaf made with whole wheat flour, applesauce, plump raisins, and cinnamon. Just load, press start, and let the machine do the work.

Whole wheat persimmon muffins spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, packed with chopped walnuts and raisins. The persimmon pulp keeps them naturally moist and tender, perfect for fall breakfasts when ripe persimmons hit the market.

Whole wheat raisin bran muffins with honey, molasses, and chopped pecans. High-fiber, lightly sweet breakfast muffins ready in 25 minutes.

Carrot cake layered with grated carrots, crushed pineapple, walnuts, coconut, and raisins, topped with orange-scented cream cheese frosting. Three layers of moist, spiced cake that gets better overnight.

A moist, warmly spiced Bundt cake made with yogurt and applesauce instead of heaps of butter. Loaded with raisins, cinnamon, and cloves, then drizzled with a tangy yogurt glaze that seals the deal.

A warmly spiced bread machine loaf loaded with canned pumpkin, yogurt, wheat germ, chopped pecans, and raisins. Set it, walk away, and come back to a house that smells like fall.

Old-fashioned spiced cupcakes made with brown sugar, sour milk, raisins, and nuts. Warm cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves in every bite. Frost with your favorite icing.

Zucchini Pineapple Pecan Raisin Bread: a fruit-and-nut-loaded loaf with zucchini, pineapple, pecans, and raisins folded together. Vanilla pudding mix for moisture, two-loaf yield.

Delicious, moist yet light oatmeal bread is ideal for breakfast, or a yummy snack whenever you feel a bit hungry.

Quick weeknight pork curry with apples, red peppers, and warming spices in a light cornstarch-thickened sauce ready in 20 minutes served over couscous.

Sweet and fruity sauce made from applesauce, apple butter, raisins, and maple syrup, simmered until thick and glossy for ham.

Low-fat barley kugel studded with cinnamon apples and plump raisins. This lighter twist on a Jewish comfort classic swaps butter for yogurt yet still delivers that creamy, custardy bite.